Article of furniture with removable supporting structures



July 12, 1955 KANN 2,712,872

ARTICLE OF FURNITURE WITH REMOVABLE SUPPORTING STRUCTURES Filed June 19, 1952 ,5 W If 1 g2 INVENTOR;

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United States Patent Ofiice 2,712,872 Patented July 12, 1955 ARTICLE 8F FURNI; ll RE Vt i l H REMOVABLE SlJPP-GRT'ING STRUCTURES Emil A. Kazan, Kew Gardens iiiils, N. Y., assignor to The Englander Company, Inc., Chicago, EL, 21 corporation of Delaware Application June 1'), 1952, Serial No. 24,459

3 Ciairns. (ill. Ti -143} This invention relates to an article of zlrniture which fulfills several needs or requirements.

An object of the invention is to provide an article of furniture having vertically spaced panels to which one or more supporting structures are removably affixed which may serve to provide a desk, a shelf and the like with the vertically spaced panels forming the rear wall thereof.

Another object of the invention is to provide an article of furniture of said character in which the supporting structure includes horizontally arranged panels connected together by side walls so as to form a desk, a shelf and the like and which is affixed to the spaced panels of the article of furniture by means of dowels extending through openings in the horizontally arranged panels and abutting against the inside faces of the vertical panels with the said side walls abutting against the outside faces thereof.

The invention further comprehends an article of furniture such as a double-decker bed and one or more supporting structures such as a desk, a shelf and the 3 like which are aflixed to the spaced panels of the bed frames by means of dowels extending through openings in the inwardly projecting ends of the horizontal panels of the supporting structures.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, reference is now made to the following specification and accompanying drawings in which the preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated.

in the drawings:

Fig. l is a view in elevation of a double-decker bed together with three supporting structures constructed in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a view in elevation of one end thereof.

Fig. 3 is a View in elevation of the opposite end of the double-(locker bed.

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view on line 44 of Fig. 3.

The invention is illustrated in its application to a bed which in addition to providing sleeping accommodations for two individuals also forms the back or rear walls of one or more supporting structures such as a desk, a shelf and a rack for clothing, thus serving the several needs of a bedroom for boys or girls, particularly of school age and which composite article of furniture takes up much less room than the several separate articles of furniture which would be required for the same purpose. in the embodiment illustrated, the bed is of the double-decker type consisting of a lower bed and an upper bed 11 which are arranged in double-decker formation, although it is not essential to the invention that the beds be so arranged as the same may be used singly or in side by side relation.

The lower bed 10 is formed with ends or head boards 12 and 13 which are of similar formation consisting of three vertically spaced panels 14, 15 and 16 connected together at their ends by the corner posts 17 and 13. Mounted on the head board 13 is a supporting structure taken approximately indicated generally by the reference character 19 which in this embodiment forms a desk together with a shelf with the panels of the head board forming the back thereof and on which the supporting structure or desk is mounted. The supporting structure 19 includes three horizontally arranged vertically spaced panels 20, 21 and 22 which are connected together at their ends by side walls 23 and 24, the uppermost panel 20 together with the side walls 23 and 24 abutting against the outer face of the vertical panels 14, i5 and 16 of the head board 13. The panels 21 and 22 extend beyond the side walls 23 and 24 and inwardly between the said vertical panels and are formed with aligned openings 27 in which dowel pins 25 are secured in abutting relation against the inside faces of the vertical panels of the head board and bridging the spaces therebetween.

By this construction, the lowermost horizontal panel 22 of the supporting structure is supported on the lowermost panel 16 of the head board so as to provide a shelf for books and the like, the intermediate panel 15 of the head board forming the rear wall or back thereof. The intermediate panel 21 of the supporting structure extends outwardly beyond the side walls 23 and 24 and forms the working surface of the desk while the upper panel 14 of the head board forms the rear wall closing the opening between the panels 2% and 21 of the desk, the space therebetween providing compartments for receiving stationery and supplies.

In order to retain the dowel pins 25 in the openings in the panels 21 and 22 of the desk, the dowel pins are provided with stop lugs 26 which project over the upper surface of the lowermost panel 22. The desk is thus securely fastened to the bed 39 and extends the full width between the corner posts 17 and 18 so as to provide a useful purpose, particularly for children of school age, and which may be removed as desired. While only one desk 19 is applied to the bed it it is to be understood that a desk of similar construction may be afifixed to the head board 12 in a similar manner.

The upper bed 11 is provided with ends or head boards 2? and 3%} which are of similar formation each consisting of upper and lower vertically spaced panels 31 and 32 which are connected by corner posts 33 and 34. In this embodiment of the invention one or more supporting structuers may be affixed to and supported on the head boards 29 and 3 3. As illustrated, the supporting structure 36, such as a shelf and clothes rack is afiixed to and supported by the head board 29 while the supporting structure 37 which also supplies a shelf and a clothes rack is afixed to and supported by the head board 30.

The supporting structure 36 includes two horizontally arranged vertically spaced panels 39 and ill connected together by side walls 45. and 42 which abut against the outer face of the lower vertical panel 32 of the head board 29. The upper and lower panels 39 and 40 of the supporting structure extend beyond the side walls 41 and 42 and inwardly between the vertical panels 31 and 32 of the head board. The horizontal panels 39 and 49 are formed with aligned openings in which dowel pins 43 are secured in abutting relation against the inside faces of the said vertical panels 31 and 32 of the head board and in bridging relation with the space therebetween for securing the supporting structure on the said head board. The vertical panel 31 projecting above the horizontal panel 39 provides a rear wall or back therefor. The panel 39 thus provides a shelf for supporting books and the like which may be disposed in abutting engagement against the rear wall or panel 31. The panel 39 is provided with hanger bars 44 depending from the under side thereof for receiving hangers for supporting clothing.

The supporting structure 37 similarly includes upper 52 and 53 with the end walls abutting against the lower panel 32 of the headboard 30 and the horizontally arranged panels projecting inwardly between the vertical panels 31 and 32. Dowel pins 54 extend down through openings 45 in the horizontally arranged panels 50 and 51 of the supporting structure and abut against the inside faces of the vertical panels 31 and 32 for securing the supporting structure 37 thereon. The dowel pins 43 are provided with stop lugs 55 while the dowel pins 54 are provided with stop lugs 56 which engage against the panels 40 and 51 respectively for retaining the dowel pins in the openings in the horizontal panels of the supporting structures.

The panel 50 thus provides a shelf for supporting articles such as books and the like with the upper panel 31 forming the rear wall or back for the shelf. The panel 50 is'also'provided with a longitudinally extending hanger bar 57 for receiving hangers for supporting clothing.

What is claimed is:

l. A shelf structure including a plurality of horizontally arranged vertically spaced panels for supporting articles thereon, side walls rigidly connecting said panels, a support therefor including a plurality of vertically spaced vertically disposed panels, two of said horizontally disposed panels extending inwardly between and beyond said vertical panels with one of the horizontally arranged panels resting upon one of the vertical panels and with said side walls abutting against the outer face of one of said vertical panels, said horizontal panels having aligned openings in the inner edge portions thereof beyond said vertical panels, and pins extending through said openings and abutting against the inside faces of the vertical panels for attaching the shelf structure thereto.

21A shelf structure including three horizontally arranged vertically spaced panels for supporting articles thereon, side walls rigidly connecting said panels, a support therefor including a plurality of vertically spaced vertically disposed panels, two of said horizontally disposed panels extending inwardly between and beyond said vertical panels with one of the horizontally arranged panels loosely resting upon one of the vertical panels and with said side walls loosely abutting against the outer face of at least one of said vertical panels, said last mentioned horizontally disposed panels having aligned openings in the inner edge portions thereof beyond said vertical panels, andpins extending through said aligned openings and abutting against the inside faces of at least two of said vertical panels for attaching the shelf structure thereto and permitting of the release thereof by the removal of the said pins.

3. A shelf structure including two horizontally arranged vertically spaced panels for supporting articles thereon, side Walls rigidly connecting said panels, a support therefor including a plurality of vertically spaced vertically disposed panels, said horizontally disposed panels extending inwardly between and beyond said vertical panels with one of said horizontally arranged panels loosely resting upon one of the vertical panels and with said side walls loosely abutting against the outer face 'of one of said vertical panels, said horizontally disposed panels having aligned openings in the inner edge portions thereof beyond said vertical panels, and pins extending through said aligned openings and abutting against the inside faces of at least two of said vertical panels for attaching the shelf structure thereto and permitthig of the release thereof by the removal of the said pins. 7

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Arrighini Oct. 17, 1950 

